Mr. Drew Harris:

In truth, I find it very difficult to go down this route because I know individual members and the collective membership of An Garda Síochána who were on duty that day were doing their maximum at all times. They were not letting these individuals run their writ and run away with it. However, it was a riot so that is uncontrollable and our job is to quell that riot; in other words, bring it under control. I cannot accept the point that the collective efforts of An Garda Síochána that night meant that the city was out of control. We had a riot-----